The Los Angeles Lakers 2024-2025 NBA Season

[ANGELAKERAMS]

How in the world do the Lakers get blown out by a bad Jazz team after just blowing them out 2 days ago?

Unbelievable

 

[Retroram52]

YEA, Bronny hits the Three and the lead is 16!!

 

[Retroram52]

How in the world do the Lakers get blown out by a bad Jazz team after just blowing them out 2 days ago?

Unbelievable

Very good question. They tanked the game at halftime and left early.

 

[Retroram52]

Len with a basket and the lead is down to14.

 

[Retroram52]

Morris with two missed shots. That sequence sucked. Len with some great rebounding.

 

[Retroram52]

Goodwin with a three and the lead is down to 12.

 

[Retroram52]

Bronny with another THREE and thelead is 12.

 

[Retroram52]

And that is all she wrote. Lakers pause the season at the All-Star break and won't play again until next Wednesday. They chose to lose a winnable game before the break. The garbage guys played pretty well and got the 25-point deficit down to 14 for the end of the game. Later.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

And that is all she wrote. Lakers pause the season at the All-Star break and won't play again until next Wednesday. They chose to lose a winnable game before the break. The garbage guys played pretty well and got the 25-point deficit down to 14 for the end of the game. Later.

You are a braver man than I to watch that game to the end Retro.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea I hear ya ALR. They tanked that game after the First Quarter because they had won 6 straight and they were facing a week off with the All-Star break coming-up this week-end. They also won the season series with Utah, 3 games to 1.

 

[shopson67]

We have guards.

We could use a defender at F

You mean like DFS and Vando?

The only defender they can put at SG is undersized Gabe or play Vando out of position.

At this point (with Hayes banged up and Len looking like hot garbage), more likely they add another center IMO.

 

[shopson67]

Yea I hear ya ALR. They tanked that game after the First Quarter because they had won 6 straight and they were facing a week off with the All-Star break coming-up this week-end. They also won the season series with Utah, 3 games to 1.

I kept waiting for the run that got them the lead back, but they once again tanked the 3rd and fell down by 20+. I kept checking in until the bench was cleared. That was the sign off for me.

 

[DJ Fieri]

You mean like DFS and Vando?

The only defender they can put at SG is undersized Gabe or play Vando out of position.

At this point (with Hayes banged up and Len looking like hot garbage), more likely they add another center IMO.

True.

They could play Johnson on opposing guards at 6-7.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Hayes got a facial contusion?

He will be fine.

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, sure did DJ. Dude was holding his face and then he left the playing arena.

 

[shopson67]

True.

They could play Johnson on opposing guards at 6-7.

That would be the last roster spot. Do you want to use it on Stanley over a center or Goodwin or....?

If that's the move, I'm waiting until later in the season to make sure a bigger need doesn't arise (like a PG injury or something).

 

[shopson67]

Hayes got a facial contusion?

He will be fine.

Depends on how bad it is. Could need a mask, which is always tricky as far as playing the same.

 

[Retroram52]

A set of Kareem goggles with mask is in order.

 

[DJ Fieri]

That would be the last roster spot. Do you want to use it on Stanley over a center or Goodwin or....?

If that's the move, I'm waiting until later in the season to make sure a bigger need doesn't arise (like a PG injury or something).

Johnson is a solid defender and we need that on this team, he could play 8-10mpg.

With Vandy, DFS, and Johnson we have 3 decent (Johnson) to good defenders (Vandy and DFS) off the bench.

 

[shopson67]

Johnson is a solid defender and we need that on this team, he could play 8-10mpg.

With Vandy, DFS, and Johnson we have 3 decent (Johnson) to good defenders (Vandy and DFS) off the bench.

I don't know how many players we can waive/sign. I think we may only be able to do one more. Center may have more priority since they already picked a bad one. Even if it is a guard/forward, it may be Goodwin who's already a 2 way player, a step ahead of Stanley.